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Napoleon Part 4: The Emperor Strikes Back

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Napoleon's Mistress, Clusashange

When it becomes obvious that Josephine, now in her 40s, is unlikely to bear Napoleon a legitimate heir, the divorce proceedings will be expedited. These days, Josephine prefers to stay at Malmezom, where she tends to her garden and implants exotic flowers from around the world. She's racking up the bills, one million francs a year on clothes, a new marientoinette, Clusashange. When asked about his extracurricular activity, he simply replies, power is my mistress. He even engineers his brother Louis into a marriage with Josephine's daughter from her first marriage or Tons. They have a child in 1808 named Charles

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